Service difficulty report · Unknown · Pilats PC1247

Difficulty date
September 1, 2014
Submitted
September 3, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N879AF
Make and model
Pilats PC1247
Aircraft serial
879
Aircraft time
5,201 hours, 4,888 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Engine time
5,011 hours, 4,701 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

PILOT REPORTED AFTER DEPARTURE STRONG ELEC BURNING SMELL OBSERVED AFTER TAKEOFF. THE ACFT RETURNED & LANDED SAFELY FOR REPAIRS. INSPECTED UNDER INSTRUMENT PANELS, FLOORBOARDS, ENG COMPARTMENT & VCCS COMPARTMENT TRYING TO LOCATE SOURCE OF ELEC SMELL, NONE FOUND. PERFORMED ENG RUN UPS IAW AMM 12-A-71-00-00-00A-903A-A. FOUND AT HIGH POWER SETTINGS, THE ECS SYS EMITTED A STRONG PROMINENT ODOR OUT OF THE COCKPIT DUCTS. THE ECS SYS ODOR IS SUSPECTED TO BE FROM CORROSION PREVENTATIVE APPLIED TO THE ENG INLET CASE GETTING INTO THE ENG BLEED AIR. THE CORROSION PREVENTATIVE IS APPLIED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE IAW EMM 72-00-00, INSPECTION, PARA 6 A. THE REMAINING ODOR WAS EVACUATED BY OPERATING THE ECS SYS WITH HEAT IAW 2-A-71-00-00-00A-903A-A. NO FURTHER DEFECTS WERE FOUND.